Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank you for coming. I enjoyed spending the afternoon with you. It gave me the opportunity to learn many things.
My first question is directed to the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation.
I guess I'd like to dig a little bit deeper with you. All of us here are in the business of improving public policy. When public policy gets in the way of actions that might help local workers and local industry, I think we all need to ask ourselves some questions about why that is. I'm particularly interested in getting your opinion on the legislative framework, which discourages the formation of the Canadian worker co-op federations. I'm thinking particularly about bankruptcy rules.
A number of sawmills in my riding have been bought by foreign companies. Seemingly, their only interest is stealing pensions from workers, taking off and selling the assets, and opening sawmills somewhere else.
What are the built-in impediments, from a legislative and a policy point of view?